A marine merchant Shen, from Fujian, had this residence built in 1860. To pay tribute to the origins of his fortune, Shen had his house face not to the south, but the east, toward the sea. The building housed the whole Shen family with domestics and had enough space to store goods. There was a spacious garden around the house, but it did not survive. more ›

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